Science Extinct volcanoes could hold rare earth elements Their iron-rich magma might hold some of the 17 elements needed to make smartphones, wind turbines, and more. Laura Baisas ...

The visually entrancing volcano documentary “Fire of Love” chronicles a magnificent obsession and might even make that obsession your own. It didn’t have to work terribly hard in my case. I ...

“ Fire of Love,” a new feature-length documentary from “The Last Season’s” Sara Dosa, will examine the love story between two intrepid scientists who died in a volcanic explosion. The ...

Volcanic eruptions can have dramatic consequences. But how can we anticipate this phenomenon, which unfolds up to tens of ...

Plate tectonics explains many of Earth’s geologic wonders and natural hazards — and may hold clues to the evolution of life.

Volcanoes that have laid dormant for millions of years could revolutionize the sourcing of important rare earth elements, a new study published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters suggests ...

A Netflix documentary recounts the eruption of an active volcano off the coast of New Zealand that left several tourist groups struggling to survive.

Explore active volcanoes in the Sierra Nevada and Antarctica to learn how volcanoes affect our climate.

Simon Terrey/Science Source Dr. Dutkiewicz and her colleagues turned their eyes to volcanoes because of a newly available model of Earth’s shifting tectonic plates.

Volcanoes need a new agent. Whenever an eruption starts somewhere on Earth, we’re barraged with news of destroyed buildings, closed airspace, evacuated people and, at worst, injuries and deaths.